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Ptah

(33,995 posts) Thu May 8, 2025, 04:37 PM May 2025

October, 2024. The end of a giant.

A cactus in my front yard was dying, so it was dismantled.
The end of a giant: https://www.democraticunderground.com/103813635

I saved a few remnants and surprisingly, it is blooming!

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October, 2024. The end of a giant. (Original Post) Ptah May 2025 OP

Did you eat any of the inside? markodochartaigh May 2025 #1

I have not eaten any saguaro. Ptah May 2025 #2

I have rooted indoor cacti where the top was cut off from a rotting rootstock. Is that possible Ziggysmom May 2025 #3

And it blossoms! Ptah May 2025 #4

Oh wow! That guy was big!!!! Nittersing May 2025 #5

I think between 120 and 150 years old. Ptah May 2025 #6

Figured it was up there in years. Nittersing May 2025 #7

markodochartaigh

(5,025 posts)

1. Did you eat any of the inside?

Reply to Ptah (Original post)

Thu May 8, 2025, 04:41 PM

May 2025

Does it taste like nopales?

Ptah

(33,995 posts)

2. I have not eaten any saguaro.

Reply to markodochartaigh (Reply #1)

Thu May 8, 2025, 04:49 PM

May 2025

Ziggysmom

(4,047 posts)

3. I have rooted indoor cacti where the top was cut off from a rotting rootstock. Is that possible

Reply to Ptah (Original post)

Thu May 8, 2025, 09:25 PM

May 2025

here with some of the smaller tips? You can buy rooting powder at garden centers or online, and it works well. So sad to see the beautiful plant die.

Ptah

(33,995 posts)

4. And it blossoms!

Reply to Ptah (Original post)

Mon May 19, 2025, 09:38 AM

May 2025

Nittersing

(8,116 posts)

5. Oh wow! That guy was big!!!!

Reply to Ptah (Original post)

Mon May 19, 2025, 10:16 AM

May 2025

Any idea how old it was?

I love that you saved a piece and it's living on!

Ptah

(33,995 posts)

6. I think between 120 and 150 years old.

Reply to Nittersing (Reply #5)

Mon May 19, 2025, 10:37 AM

May 2025

I had no idea it was going to continue growing.

Nittersing

(8,116 posts)

7. Figured it was up there in years.

Reply to Ptah (Reply #6)

Mon May 19, 2025, 10:44 AM

May 2025

I think I would have cried watching it come down, but I get it.

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